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George B- Williams 1N VENTOR.

United States Patent @ftice 2,984,853 Patented May 23, 1961 PAINT ROLLER HANDLE George B. Williams, 4582% Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, Calif.

Filed June 18, 1959, Ser. No. 821,249

3 Claims. (Cl. 15-145) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in paint roller-handling means and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character comprising a novelly constructed handle or hand-grip and tubular, sectional metallic extension therefor readily connectible thereto when needed as, for example, when working on a ladder.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a paint roller handle and extension therefor wherein said handle, extension and the sections comprising the latter are frictionally connected in a unique manner, obviating the usual bolts, nuts, etc.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a paint roller handle and extension therefor which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, compact, of light weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention, showing the tubular metallic extension pole separated from the handle;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, showing the means for connecting the extension pole to the handle;

Figure 3 is a view in transverse section, taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 2; and,

Figure 4 is an enlarged view in longitudinal section through the forward end portion of the extension pole, taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that reference character 5 designates a conventional paint roller which, as usual, is journaled on an axle or shaft provided on one limb portion of a U-shaped bracket, the other limb having an angulated handle attaching arm 6 (Fig. 2). The latter end portion of the arm 6 is fixed in a longitudinal socket or bore 7 which is provided therefor in the forward end portion of an elongated grip or handle 8 of suitable wood. The handle 8 comprises reduced end portions having fixed thereon ferrules 9 to prevent splitting.

The rear end portion of the handle 8 has formed longitudinally therein a tapered bore or socket 1%) in which a tapered sleeve-like liner or bushing 11 of suitable metal is fixed, said sleeve being open at both ends. The sleeve 11 provides a socket-like receiver for the reception of one end portion of a tubular extension pole 12 of suitable metal, said extension pole comprising any desired number of separably connected sections 13 and 1 adjacent ends of which may be telescopically or otherwise separably joined together. In fact, it would be within the purview of the invention to utilize a joint similar to that detailed in Fig. 2 if so desired.

The forward section 13 of the extension pole 12 terminates in a reduced, tapered forward end portion or dowel 15 which is frictionally anchored in the sleeve 11. If desired, a shoulder 16 is provided. A ring, 17 on the dowel 15 abuts the shoulder 16. As shown to advantage in Figure 2 of the drawing, the ring 17 may abut the sleeve 11 when the extension pole 12 is mounted on the handle 8.

It is thought that the invention Will be readily understood from a consideration of the foregoing. The angulated arm 6 is anchored in the bore or socket 7 of the handle 8 in any suitable manner. Of course, the painter grips only the handle or hand-grip 8 when no extension is desired. When an extension is required, as when working on a ladder or for high work, the tapered dowel 15 on the forward end of the pole 12 is forced home in the complementally shaped metallic sleeve 11 in the handle 8 where it is frictionally anchored, thus firmly mounting the roller 5 on said pole. As hereinbefore stated, the extension pole 12 may comprise any desired number of sections and, being of tubular metallic construction, is of light weight but strong and durable. A suitable carrying case may be provided for the invention.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. For use in painting where a roller-type paint applicator is desirable, in combination, a solid elongated handgrip having the additional function of a coupling member, the respective end portions of said hand-grip being reduced in cross-section and each provided with reinforcing ferrules, the leading end portion of said hand-grip having an axial socket, a paint roller applicator having a bracket of general U-shaped form with one of the limbs thereof provided with a lateral extension, said extension fitting into said socket, a sectional pole usable as an extension handle and having a readily attachable and detachable tapered hollow dowel connectible to said handle, the trailing end of said hand-grip having an axial socket, said second-named socket being tapered and having a correspondingly tapered sleeve secured therein and lining the wall of said socket, said dowel being fitted telescopically and frictionally in the sleeve and providing a rigid joint but which may be separated by manually twisting the pole relative to the hand-grip and eifecting a separation of the pole from the hand-grip.

2. In combination, a substantially U-shaped paint roller bracket embodying spaced parallel coplanar limbs connected together at corresponding ends by a lateral bight portion, one of said limbs being provided at the free end thereof with a lateral handle attaching arm. a relatively short hand-grip having opposite ends thereof reduced in cross-section and marginally banded and reinforced by attached ferrules, said hand-grip being provided at an outer end thereof with an axial socket and said arm being fitted telescopically and retentively secured in said socket whereby the hand-grip is attached to the arm, the opposite rearward end of said hand-grip having a second axial socket of a length and cross-section greater than the first socket and gradually tapered and provided with a correspondingly tapered metal sleeve fixed in place and providing a socket-like receiver, said receiver being adapted for reception of a cooperating end portion of a coacting dowel on an intended end of an extension pole.

3. In combination, a substantially U-shaped paint roller bracket embodying spaced parallel coplanar limbs connected together at like ends by a lateral intervening bight portion, one of said limbs being provided at a free end thereof with a lateral handle-attaching arm, a relatively short hand-grip provided at an outer end thereof with an axial socket, said arm fitting telescopically and secured in said socket whereby the hand-grip is attached to the arm, the opposite inward end ofsaid hand-grip having a second axial socket of a length and cross-section greater than the first socket and gradually tapered and provided with a correspondingly tapered metal sleeve fixed in place in said socket and providing a receiver, and a readily attachable and detachable extension handle, said handle being provided on one end with a readily applicable and removable tapered dowel, said dowel being telescopically fitted into said receiver and the surfaces of the sleeve and dowel coacting frictionally to provide a rigid joint but being separable by manually twisting the extension handle relative to the hand-grip.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Douglas Aug. 8, 1893 Dahlstrom Oct. 13, 1942 Hohwart Apr. 4, 1944 Graham July 27, 1954 Lynden Mar. 1, 1955 Schemere Aug. 5, 1958 FOREIGN PATENTS Sweden July 30, 1935 Great Britain Sept. 15, 1932 Great Britain V Sept. 13, 1934 Italy Nov. 2, 1953 

